The Scandi Sense Diet is being hailed as ‘the simplest diet plan in the world’ – and, after hearing how it works, we have to say we’re intrigued…
Created by Danish weight loss guru and mother-of-five Suzy Wengel – who says she has shed six stone by following it – the diet has already gone massive in Scandinavia.
And we reckon it’s bound to go global thank to its fuss-free rules that require absolutely no calorie counting.
All you have to is is use Wengel’s ‘handful method’ to determine how much to eat. Her whole concept is based on the idea that your hand size is linked to your height and build.
The rules are simple – each meal you eat is made up of up to four handfuls: one or two of vegetables, one of protein and one of starch or fruit.
On top of this, your daily diet must include one to three tablespoons of ‘pure’ fat, such as olive or coconut oil. You can also enjoy up to 300ml of dairy per day and up to two tablespoons of dairy-based dressing.
The Scandi Sense Diet is being hailed as ‘the simplest diet plan in the world’ – and, after hearing how it works, we have to say we’re intrigued…
Created by Danish weight loss guru and mother-of-five Suzy Wengel – who says she has shed six stone by following it – the diet has already gone massive in Scandinavia.
And we reckon it’s bound to go global thank to its fuss-free rules that require absolutely no calorie counting.
All you have to is is use Wengel’s ‘handful method’ to determine how much to eat. Her whole concept is based on the idea that your hand size is linked to your height and build.
The rules are simple – each meal you eat is made up of up to four handfuls: one or two of vegetables, one of protein and one of starch or fruit.
On top of this, your daily diet must include one to three tablespoons of ‘pure’ fat, such as olive or coconut oil. You can also enjoy up to 300ml of dairy per day and up to two tablespoons of dairy-based dressing.
Speaking to The Sun about her plan, Wengel explained: ‘I wanted my method to rely on common sense and simplicity — to help people escape the monotony of calorie counting and weighing food, and get away from a restrictive eating model where things are either healthy or unhealthy.
‘That’s why I constructed the idea of the handful principle.’
Beyond this, the diet has one further principle at its core: that you should learn to recognise when you’re hungry on a ‘hunger barometer’ from 0-10, with 0 being ‘not hungry at all’ and 10 being ‘totally famished’.
Wenkel recommends eating when you are at a 7-8 on the hunger scale, and believes that her simple principles will allow followers to end the cycle of yo-yo dieting for good.
